Today’s podcast guest may be best known as the younger brother of paddling legend Dawid Mocke, but Jasper Mocke is in every way a legend in his own right. Jasper is an incredibly talented athlete with several notable accomplishments including World Surfski Champion in 2014, World Champion in K2 Marathon 2014, and 3x Perth Doctor […]
PPP Episode 30: Michele Eray, You Regret More The Things you Didn’t Do
In today’s podcast I managed to catch up with Olympic athlete, coach, and co-founder of Paddle California, Michele Eray. I somehow coerced her into sitting still just long enough to record a great podcast session. The title of this episode and Michele’s personal mantra says it all, “You regret more in life the things that […]
PPP Episode 29: The Early Days of Surfski Racing with Oscar Chalupsky
In early December the guys @CarbonologySport shared some vintage footage of the 1983 Port Elizabeth to East London (PE2LE) 4 Day Stage Race. It generated a lot of intrigue on Facebook, and I thought it would be great to sit down with Oscar and have him walk us through what it was like to race […]
PPP Episode 28: 20 Years of ERG Experience with Erik Borgnes
Today’s podcast guest is good friend and fellow Great Lakes paddler Erik Borgnes. Many of you may recognize Erik as the guy who has dominated the Chattajack 32 race for the past several years. He has also contributed several great blog posts to the surfski universe including boat reviews, technique analysis, experiments in dieting, and […]
Epic V5 / V8 / V10 Speed Comparison
A Simple Time Trial Of the Epic V5 / V8 / V10 Buying a new surfski is a big decision, and inevitably one of the key factors to consider is speed. More often than not, someone who is intrigued and committed to buying a surfski is doing so to gain more speed in their paddling. […]
